Summary
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, which made $567 million in theaters, finds new life on Netflix’s global chart. Co-written and directed once again by Christopher McQuarrie, the seventh installment in the action franchise finds Tom Cruise’s IMF Agent Ethan Hunt and his team of operatives in a fight against a powerful rogue AI known as the Entity. TheMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoningcastincludes other franchise regulars such as Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Vanessa Kirby alongside newcomers Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, and Pom Klementieff.
Now, nearly a year after its release, the latestMission: Impossiblemovie has found new life onNetflix. For the past week of June 10-16,Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoningranked third on Netflix’s Global Top 10 chart with 5.6 million viewsand 15.3 million hours viewed. It ranked belowFour Brothersin second andHit Manin first, marking their second weeks in the Top 10.
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoningisn’t available on Netflix in the United States, though it is streaming on Paramount+ and MGM+.
The Mission: Impossible Movie Was Overshadowed By Barbenheimer
Dead Reckoning, originally subtitledPart One, is widely regarded as one of the bestMission: Impossiblemovies, with its 96% Rotten Tomatoes score sitting just behindFallout’s 97% for the franchise high.Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoningreviewspraise the movie’s high-stakes scenarios and grand set pieces, making it a must-see installment in the franchise and one of the best action movies of 2023.Despite the massive critical acclaim forDead Reckoning, it did underperform at the box office due to the dual release ofBarbieandOppenheimerthe following weekend on July 21.
Mission: Impossible 7’s Box Office Disappointment Makes Replacing Tom Cruise So Much Harder
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One was a box office disappointment, and this failure will make it even harder to replace Tom Cruise.
Audiences who sawDead Reckoningheld it in as high regard as critics, as indicated by its 94% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes with 5,000+ verified ratings. It also made over $567 million at the box office which, in and of itself, is an impressive figure and good enough for the ninth-highest-grossing movie of 2023.The reason whyDead Reckoning’s box officeperformance was considered a disappointment is because of its big $291 million budget, making it the 15th most expensive movie ever made.
AMission Impossiblemovie’s globe-trotting production is inherently costly andDead Reckoningwas produced during the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused several delays and ballooned the budget even more. With a $291 million budget,Dead Reckoninghad to make $582-727 million just to become profitable. Because of Barbenheimer and its big budget,Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoningdid underperform at the box office, but by becoming a global hit on Netflix, it has partially redeemed itself.
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
Cast
In Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Ethan Hunt and his IMF team face a perilous mission to secure a powerful new weapon that could jeopardize humanity. With familiar adversaries resurfacing, Ethan must navigate global challenges, risking personal bonds to fulfill his mission’s crucial objectives.
